N. B. The figures fhew the page; the letter n, the note: and the Roman figures the Preface. A CTORS (ftage,) their original, 100, &c. Acts of the Apostles, explained, 323, n. 341. Admiration, how the passion is to be raised, 44, 45, n. 85, 86. ADONIS, his gardens, 151, &c. AESCHYLUS, his improvement of the ftage, 161, &c. ALCYONIUS, Petrus, cited and corrected, 19, n. Alliteration, 266, 267, 408, &c. The affectation of it ridiculed in Shakespeare, 268. Ambition, its effects exemplified in Shakespeare's Macbeth, 27, &c. ANACREON, Spurious, 291, 292. ANTONY, Mark, his character, 75, 89. Ailoplaλμe r aveμw, to fail in the wind's eye, 341. Apofiopefis, a figure in rhetorick used by Shakespeare, B. II. ARISTARCHUS, the refemblance between him and Dr. Bentley, 132, 133. What he disliked in Homer be rejected, Ibid. & n. An inftance of his arbitrary alteration of Homer, 220, 221. ARISTOPHANES, his Plutus a play after the middle Comedy, 119, & n. His Plutus explained, 161. His Scholiaft corrected, 111, n. ARITOTLE, in his poetics explained, paffim. explained and corrected, 14, n. 24, 25, n. 27, 44, 45, 46, n. 56, 57, n. 88, n. 103, n. 112, 113, n. ARRIAN, ARRIAS, his difcourses of Epictetus, 32, 69, n. 223, 0. Arts and sciences, flourish in popular government, and why, ASCHAM, cited, 5, n. 20, n. Afiatic eloquence, 89, & n. 90. ATHENIANS, rife and progress of dramatic poetry among Attic writers, fee Greek authors. B. Band prefixed to English words, as the Eolians prefixed BATAVIA, its etymology, 298. BEAUMONT and FLETCHER's Knight of the burning Peftle, corrected, 154, n. 404. Two Noble Kinfmen, corrected, 185, n. 424. Falfe One, explained, 259, n. Beauty, in what it confifts, 54, & n. Beauty of character, 79, 80. Of diction, 374. fee Character. In what the chief beauty in poetry confifts, 83, 84, &c. conftituted in variety, 134. BENTLEY, his critical rules examined, B. L. Se&t. I. The Βελυλός, 322. Bourn, 319, 320. BRITONS, fee Englishmen. BRUTUS, his character, 74, 78, 79. Buffoon, Buffoon, 397. Buffoonery, all, or all formality, 97, 98. BURNET, bishop, wrongly judges of Milton, 10. Burning of the Palatine library, 18, 19. Of the Greek authors, 19. C. CALEDONIA, its etymology, 298. CALLIMACHUS, corrected, 124, n. Explained, 413. CATILINE. characterized in Virgil, 140. CATULLUS, explained, 361. Characters poetic, B. I. Sect. X. Character of man, 68, 69. CHAUCER, in the prologue of the Canterbury Tales, cor- In the Miller's tale, corrected, 226, n. In the Reve's tale, explained, xx. In the Romaunt of the Rofe, corrected,, 241, n. In Troilus and Crefeide, explained, 346, n. Chivalry, a picture of ancient chivalry in Shakespeare, 21, &c. His character, 75. CICERO, characterized in Virgil, 139, 140. In his epiftles, explained, 188, n. De Natura deorum, corrected, 282. De Finibus, explained, 359. De Officiis, alluded to by Shakespeare, 300, 301, n. Confistency of character, fee Character. Courtier, a ridiculous character in Shakespeare, 90. Critics, their whimfical rules, B. I. Se&. I. a very good cri- Dæmon, 183, &c. Drar, 327. Devil, bis character in Milton, 66. Called by Shakespeare Diction, poetic, 92, 93. Its chief beauty, what ? 374. DIOGENES LAERTIUS, explained, 102, n. DIOMEDES, the grammarian, explained, 102, n. Diverfions, public, 16, &c. DRYDDN, alters Shakespeare's poems, 7, n. Turns the Pa- Dunces, their pride and pertness, 5, 15, 295. E. Eidwdoroiía, a fine inftance of that figure, 36, & n. ELIZABETH, Queen, her learning, 5, & n. Shakespeare arets wrote a comedy at ber request, 91. Complemented by Shake Speare, 119, n. Eloquence, flourishes in popular government, B. I. Sect. XV. EMPEDOCLES, corrected, 219, n. Englishmen, their tafte, 6, 7, 15, 16, 121. B. III. Se&. I. Ancient Britons, 19, 20. EPICHARMUS, his improvement of comedy, 112, &c. Several of his verses corrected, 113, 114, n. EPICURUS, his doctrine to be found in Homer, 94, n. ΕπιΓεννήματα τῶν καλῶν, 55, Π. Εὖ διαβάς, 236, 237. Ευμνημόνευον, 55, Α. EURIPIDES, his cyclops, 94, 95, n. 101, n. his Medaea corrected, 407. Ευσύνοπλον, 55, n. Εφέσια γράμματα, 324, Α. Εχεια, Εχοντα, 321. FAIRIES, an account of them, 323, n. &c. A verfe in Fanaticism, its influence on arts and sciences, 6, 16, & n: Fashion, vicious in poetry, 86. Folly of judging from mode and fashion, 385, 386. Fathers, of the church, deftroyed the Greek writers, 18, 19, & n. Flattery, how despicable, B. I. Se&. XV. Fool, a character in our old plays, 8. Formal authors, 97, 98. All formality, or all buffoonery, ibid. FRANCE, its influence on English taft and manners, 6, 7. B. I. Sect. XV. French crown, meaning of the phrase, 147, 148, & n. |